Improvement in machines for operating rice-beaters, churns



W. J. HENDERSON. Machine for'Operating Rice-Beater, Churn, 850.

No. 206,449. Patented July 30,1878,

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.PETEfl-fi. PHOTQLITMOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON/D c UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

IVILLIAM J. HENDERSON, OF VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDWILLIAM H. MOKEY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR OPERATING RICLBEATERS, CHURNS, dc.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 206,449, dated July 30,1878; application filed May 23, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. HENDER- soN, of Valdosta, in the countyof Lowndes and State of Georgia, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Machines for Operating Rice-Beaters, Ohurns, Pumps, &c.,of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a top View of my improved machine, partly in horizontalsection, to show the construction. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalsection of the same, taken through the line a: m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is adetail front view of the sliding cross-head.

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The object of this invention is to furnish an improved machine fortransmitting motion from a driving-power to mortars and otherimplements, which machine shall be simple in construction, convenient inuse, and efl'ective in operation, working with great speed and power.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts,which will be hereinafter fully described, and then pointed out in theclaim.

A represents the base of the machine, which maybe apart of the floor ofthe room in which the machine is to be used, and to which is attached anupright frame, B.

In bearings in the lower part of the upright frame 15 revolve thejournals of the crank-shaft C, to which is attached one or more pulleys,D, to receive the driving-belt E, by which motion is communicated fromthejdriving-power to the said shaft 0.

The machine may be driven by steam-power, horse-power, or any otherconvenient power, or by hand by attaching a crank or crankwheel, F, toone end of the crank-shaft C. To the other end of the crankshaft O isattached a balance-wheel, G, to give steadiness of motion to themachine.

To the crank c of the crank-shaft G is pivoted the lower end of aconnecting rod or bar,

H, the upper end of which is pivoted to the short arm of a lever, I. Thelever I is attached to the rock-shaft J, the journals of which work inbearings in the upper part of the frame B. To the long arm of the leverI are attached one or more rods, K, which are jointed, so that the lowerparts of said rods may move up and down vertically, while their upperparts move through the are of a circle with the arm of the lever I. Theupper parts of the jointed rods K are secured to the lever I by nuts, asshown in Fig. 2, so that they may be lengthened or shortened, as may bedesired.

T0 the lower end of the rods K may be attached the dasher of the churnL, the piston of a pump, M, or the pestle N of a mortar, O, for hullingrice and other similar uses. The mortar O is placed upon the platform Abetween the posts of an upright frame, P. The posts of the frame 1? areslotted to receive the ends of a cross-head, Q, to compel the lower partof the rod K that carries the pestle N to move up and down vertically.The ends of the cross-head Q project upon the outer sides of the postsof the frame P, and to said ends are attached saws 1t, chisels S, orother desired implements, which may thus be operated by the up-and-downmovement of the said cross-head Q. These several machines may all beoperated at the same time, if desired, or either of them may be operatedalone.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination of the cross-head Q with the slottedupright guidefra-me l, the lever I, the rock-shaft J, the connecting-barH, and the crank shaft C, substantially as herein shown and described.

WILLIAM J ACKSON HENDERSON.

lVitnesses:

A. H. SMITH, I L. STEPHENS.

